Southern Tidings – The Southern Tidings is the official publication of the Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Public Teacher Joins Adventist School

April 2021

Everyone hold your bells quietly … and now ring them as loudly as you can!”

Help the Helper: AdventHealth Hendersonville Host Vaccine Clinic for Volunteers

April 2021

Keep Me Safe, Love Me, Make It Easy, Own It — These service standards are at the heart of everything the team does at AdventHealth Hendersonville. Recently, these principles were put to work outside the doors of AdventHealth Hendersonville’s care facilities with a very special community COVID-19 vaccine clinic.

How a Tennessee Church Discovered Maranatha

April 2021

Juan Sandoval needed to build a church. The question was, “How?” It was 2018, and he was the brand new pastor of the Ooltewah Hispanic Church in Ooltewah, Tennessee. The congregation had been meeting in rented spaces for the past decade, and they were ready for a change. So, when … »Read more

Oakwood University’s Longtime Coach, James Allen Roddy, Passes

April 2021

James Allen Roddy, 79, was born July 5, 1941 to Dr. James Wade Roddy and Helen Jean Roddy in Charlotte, North Carolina. Raised in Richton, Mississippi, he attended Southern Missionary College (now Southern Adventist University) in Collegedale, Tennessee. At Southern, he met the love of his life, Norma Jean. Their … »Read more

Oakwood University Professor, James Henry MelanÇon, Passes

April 2021

James Henry Melançon, 94, born May 8, 1926, to the late Ethel Alfretta Kershaw Melançon and Clifford Brown Melançon Sr., pastor, in Lutcher, Louisiana, died November 14, 2020. He was the oldest of 13 children, and received his education in the public school system in New Orleans, Louisiana. Following high … »Read more

Isolation Caused by COVID-19

March 2021

Isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a detriment to dysfunction and addiction recovery. However, there are solutions provided through modern technology.

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